Verses from Scripture on Saivite Hinduism 2

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

 

They are not for outward form and attire, nor for pomp and ceremony. Uprooting all bond and desire, abiding in the immaculate Lord, they bring to dire destruction the soul's egoity and its troublesome attachments. They, indeed, are pure Saivas.

Tirumantiram 1438. TM

Now have I realized the path of Hara. In the past I sought Him in narrow paths and strayed. Lo! All the while He stood before me like a beacon light in firmament, guiding my voyage across the sea of my soul's longing. The path of Siva is the proven path. It led them to Hara. It is the royal path that renowned souls have walked, the path divine that took the devout to cosmic space. That path do seek, enter and persevere. Still your wandering thoughts, chant the sacred syllable Shi and so persevere on the path of Hara. You shall envision primal light effulgent.

Tirumantiram 1562-1563. TM

If you could see the arch of his brow, the budding smile on lips red as the kovai fruit, cool, matted hair, the milk-white ash on coral skin and the sweet golden foot raised up in dance, then even human birth on this wide Earth would become a thing worth having.

Tirumurai 4.81.4, Appar. PS, 31

With body as temple, with mind ever subject to Him, with truthfulness as purity, with the light of the mind as his Linga, with love as melted butter and milk together with the holy water, let us offer sacrifice to the Lord.

Tirumurai, Appar. LG, 152

Hara, Hara! Siva, Siva, who in Thy lover's heart dost dwell, who art the essence of the Vedas! O wealth! O jewel! O beauteous king, our ruler whom the poets praise, who art commingled with the eyes that see and dost, like the sunlight, everything pervade!

 

 

 

Natchintanai, "Hara! Siva..." NT, 209

 

 

 

 

Sivaya Namah